---
title: Update
slug: 6QJi-update
docTags: 
createdAt: 2022-01-05T08:54:09.000Z
---

Link Enterprise provides a web service endpoint that will allow you to update a document or folders metadata. 

:::ApiMethodV2
```json
{
  "tab": "request",
  "url": "https://localhost:82/scrud/update",
  "name": "Update File/Folder metadata",
  "method": "POST",
  "request": {
    "pathParameters": [],
    "queryParameters": [],
    "headerParameters": [],
    "bodyDataParameters": [
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "id",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Unique id of box file or folder."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "cmsName",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Name of the box system configured in Link Enterprise."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "selectedCMS",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Value should always be set to \"box\" to let Link Enterprise know which configured content system to search."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "type",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Name of metadata template in box."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "metaDataFolderFlag",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "description": "true if setting metadata for folders\nfalse if not setting metadata for folders"
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "mdArray",
        "type": "Array",
        "description": "A JSON array where each index is a json object with the keys \"md1\" and \"md2\". Where md1 is the column name, and md2 is the value to be inserted in that column."
      }
    ],
    "formDataParameters": []
  },
  "results": {
    "languages": [
      {
        "id": "NP6_JKLUVfKwgT7ZC9ANV",
        "code": "",
        "language": "200"
      },
      {
        "id": "2Qv2Iy-Q0df7ncSX-i60q",
        "code": "",
        "language": "500"
      }
    ],
    "selectedLanguageId": "NP6_JKLUVfKwgT7ZC9ANV"
  },
  "examples": {
    "languages": [
      {
        "id": "JlNcgO8TqXpNzQxN2xT04",
        "code": "{\r\n  \"cmsName\":\"insertProductionSystemName (located in Link Enterprise  gui)\",\r\n    \"type\": \"insertMetaDataTemplateName\",\r\n    \"id\": \"insert box folder id\",\r\n    \"mdArray\": [\r\n        {\r\n            \"md1\": \"someColumnToBeUpdated\",\r\n            \"md2\": \"newValue\"\r\n        }\r\n    ],\r\n    \"selectedCMS\": \"box\",\r\n\t\"metaDataFolderFlag\":true\r\n\r\n}",
        "language": "json"
      }
    ],
    "selectedLanguageId": "JlNcgO8TqXpNzQxN2xT04"
  },
  "description": "Update a file or folder metadata",
  "currentNewParameter": {
    "label": "Body Parameter",
    "value": "bodyDataParameters"
  },
  "autoGeneratedAnchorSlug": "update-filefolder-metadata",
  "legacyHash": "TlPao_NbsVcmi0eER-y03"
}
```
:::